Two area boxers earn state titles

Published 11:05 pm, Saturday, March 3, 2012

Two South Texas boxers were crowned champions at the Texas State Golden Gloves tournament in Fort Worth. Three others finished as runners-up.

Kendo Castaneda won his second straight state championship by defeating John Baladez of Austin 4-1 to win the 132-pound title. Castaneda won at 123 a year ago. Angelo Gutierrez won the title at super heavyweight with a 5-0 decision over Robert Gutierrez of Corpus Christi.